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:=~....... = =  = = elves live in the land  = = = = .......~=:
=:=~...... =  = = =  beyond  the great dam. = = = = ......~=:=
*=:=~..... = it  was built in the  late sixties.  = .....~=:=*
£*=:=~.... = = = the elves came to us then. =  =  = ....~=:=*£
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##£*=:=~.. came to trust them.  = = = = = =  = = us ..~=:=*£##
#£*=:=~... kids  would play down  at the water even ...~=:=*£#
£*=:=~.... though we were not  allowed. = = = = = = ....~=:=*£
*=:=~..... = =  sometimes  the  sluice  would close .....~=:=*
=:=~...... entirely,  and  the  river  at the  dams ......~=:=
:=~....... foot would  dry up, revealing  the rocky .......~=:
=~........ water  garden   that  had   been  hidden ........~=
~......... beneath, and  we would go there. = = = = .........~
=~........ = =  = =  before  the  dam opened again, ........~=
:=~....... there would be a  signal, but  the elves .......~=:
=:=~...... would  make us not hear it, and suddenly ......~=:=
*=:=~..... we would  find the water rising, already .....~=:=*
£*=:=~.... at our knees. = = = = =  = = =  = = =  = ....~=:=*£
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##£*=:=~.. =  by  then the elves would be  gone.  = ..~=:=*£##
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